Combined bath-tub and cabinet.



G. W. PETERSON.

COMBINED BATH TUB AND CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24, 1907.

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CARL W. PETERSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

COMBINED BATH-TUB AND CABINET.

Application filed April 2 1, 1907.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Serial No. 370,021.

.7; State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Combined Bath-Tub and Cabinet; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its especial object to provide a combination bathtub and cabinet, and to this end it consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accom-- panying drawings, whereinlike characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation, withsome parts broken away, showing the improved device. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 00x of Fig. 1. Fig. A is a plan view of the device, showing the bath tuband screen removed from the cabinet and in operative position; and Fig.5 is a side elevation of the parts positioned as shown in Fig. 4, someparts being broken away.

The numeral 1 indicates a cabinet or case provided at its front with apair of hinged doors 2. The back of this cabinet is open and in thebottom of the lower portion thereof a two-legged supporting frame 3 ismounted to slide into and out of said cabinet, the outward movementthereof being, as shown, limited by pins 4 carried by the sides of saidframe and working in horizontal slots 5 in the sides of said cabinet. Tothe outer portion of this supporting frame 3 is pivoted a transverse bar6 to which is secured a tub supporting rack 7 to which a bathtub 8,preferably of thin metal is secured. A pair of supporting legs 9 arepivotally connected to the outer portion of this rack 7. These legs 9are adapted to be folded into the plane of the rack 7 when the device isfolded up, and they are adapted to be held in their operative positionsshown in Figs. 4 and 5 by a latch bar 10 of suitable construction. Asshown, the bathtub 8 is provided with a faucet 11 through which watermay be drained from the tub.

When the supporting frame 3 is slid into the bottom of the cabinet andthe legs 9 are folded, the tub 8 is adapted to be moved pivotally upwardand into the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 3. The cabinet 1 is provided withan inner storage compartment that is preferably afforded by ametallicshell 12 which is smaller but of approximately the same form as the bathtub, so that when the bath tub is moved within the cabinet the saidshell will be contained within the bath tub. The rim of the shell 12 is,of course, rigidly secured to the cabinet. As shown, the said shell isprovided with internal hooks 13 and with horizontal cleats 14 whichlatter are adapted to support shelves (not shown).

To one side of the back of the cabinet is hinged an extensible screenshown as made up of flexibly connected frame sections 15 and a coveringmaterial 16 of some suitable fabric or light flexible material. When thebathtub is turned upward into the cabinet, this screen is adapted to befolded against or Within the back opening of the cabinet.

When it is desired to use the bathtub, the supporting frame 3 is drawnoutward, the legs 9 are carried outward, and the bathtub is then turneddownward into its operative position, shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Ifdesired, after the bathtub has been turned downward, the supportingframe 3 may be moved into the cabinet so as to carry the adjacent end ofthe bathtub close to the cabinet.

The screen may be extended around one side of the bathtub withsufficient space between the same and the bathtub to permit a person toconveniently stand within said space completely shielded from theobservation of other persons in the room. When the device is placedagainst the wall and the screen is thus extended, the bathtub and theperson using the same is entirely housed in. As is evident, when thedevice is folded up as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it will occupy onlyapproximately the same space that would be occupied by a simple cabinethaving the same storage capacity as the inner compartment 12 of thedevice described. As is evident, the said inner compartment may be usedas a wardrobe, for the storage of kitchen utensils, or for any otherpurpose it may be found convenient.

A device of the kind described is especially adapted for use in ruraland suburban districts where modern plumbing and its resultingconveniences are not available, but it is also, of course, adapted foruse in city homes that are not provided with plumbing.

What I claim is:

The combination with a cabinet, of a sup porting frame slidably mountedfor movements into and out of said cabinet, a bath tub supporting rackpivotally connected to said supporting frame, a pair of supporting legsplvotally connected to the outer portion of said rack, a bath tubcarried by said supporting rack and mounted to be moved into and out ofsaid cabinet when in .a vertical position,

the said cabinet having an inner storage said bath tub is adapted to fitwhen moved .into the cabinet, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CARL W. PETERSON. Witnesses:

MALIE HoEL,

F. D. MERCHANT.

